Auburn police seek teen missing more than a week

AUBURN, N.Y. -- Authorities are asking the public's help locating an endangered missing teenager from the city of Auburn.

Michael LaTour

Michael LaTour, 14, has been missing for more than a week, Auburn police said Tuesday. On April 14, LaTour ran away from the Cayuga Home for Children, at 101 Hamilton Ave., police said.

His whereabouts are unknown.

Police said LaTour has a limited number of contact persons in the city of Auburn and may be wandering the streets.

LaTour is described as a 5-foot-8-inch 14-year-old weighing about 136 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes and was last seen on Hamilton Avenue. He was wearing a black and gray hooded sweatshirt with knee-high gray socks and no shoes.

Anyone with information that could help determine LaTour's whereabouts is asked to contact Auburn police at 315-253-3231.